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Jimmy Glass is an Alien

« on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 09:48:34 »

Morning TEF'ers,

A courier company tried to deliver a rather big book through my letter box and has broken the flap off its hinge. It looks a relativly straight forward job to fix, but whilst scouring the internet I can't find anyway that stocks the hinge (possibly because it's called somthing else). My questions are what is the hinge called and where can I get one from?

I've look at B&Q website, but would imagine I'd have to go to an independant DIY outlet. I don't really want to fork out £20 for a new letterbox if I can help it.
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 10:41:56 »

Get the courier co to pay for it
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Jimmy Glass is an Alien

« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 12:13:01 »

Get the courier co to pay for it

Could do. I thought it might be easier and quicker to do it myself. I've just phoned Ron's Hardware in Rodbourne and they've told me I might have to replace the whole letter box.
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 12:59:01 »

PM with the size of the letter box & i will see if i have any cheap/ second hand ones. To measure it you will need to take the front or back plate off to measure the sleeve size as well as the outside frame size.
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Jimmy Glass is an Alien

« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 12:59:55 »

Thanks Jutty. Will do.
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 18:19:56 »

http://www.screwfix.com/p/insulated-letter-plate-gold-effect-292-x-76mm/56428;jsessionId=JvgHQ0qJNyrg7Rg5zRrw3Cf7m0MYz9yvy5BKcBrvhLd6Lc5nrX1S!43934477!1349806729331
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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 18:25:05 »

My letterbox has lost a spring or something, ever time there's a gust of wind it makes a noise. Just to lazy to get it fixed.
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 19:19:17 »

My wife's arse is like you letterbox, without the spring that is.
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« Reply #8 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 21:07:22 »

I stuff shit through peoples letter boxes for a living, I can't stress enough the importance of having a fully functioning letterbox for cunts like me that put estate agents leaflets through your door. Better still, put a sign on your door in big letters saying "NO JUNK MAIL", then it saves me the effort of hiking up the garden path for bugger all and I can save the recycling.

I was stuffing letterboxes in the affluent area of Broad Street today and some bastard dog bit my finger just as i shoved the leaflet through, although it could have been one of the natives tbh.
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« Reply #9 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 22:37:43 »

I stuff shit through peoples letter boxes for a living, I can't stress enough the importance of having a fully functioning letterbox for cunts like me that put estate agents leaflets through your door. Better still, put a sign on your door in big letters saying "NO JUNK MAIL", then it saves me the effort of hiking up the garden path for bugger all and I can save the recycling.

I was stuffing letterboxes in the affluent area of Broad Street today and some bastard dog bit my finger just as i shoved the leaflet through, although it could have been one of the natives tbh.
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« Reply #10 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 22:40:05 »

Do you do my gaff in Peatmoor?

Guilty as charged, no take away menus though
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fatbasher

« Reply #11 on: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 23:58:45 »

Guilty as charged, no take away menus though

No. 8 keeps getting my mail. Not from Lees anyway!
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Jimmy Glass is an Alien

« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 07:15:30 »


Thanks NMH.

This might be a stupid question, but would it be easier or more pratical to swap the front and back of the letterbox around?
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 07:39:21 »

You could do that, the only problem with that is that 95% of letterboxes screw in from the inside, so if you turn it around somebody who knows what they are doing can take you letterbox off & leave it very draughty.
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« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 19:10:48 »

No. 8 keeps getting my mail. Not from Lees anyway!

Its usually estate agents, window cleaners and learn how to become a ninja  Smiley
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